I would really appreciate advice. I have got fantastic advice here in the past and really love this website so thanks in advance.
We're considering selling our three bed home (principal primary residence) in Dublin 8 because we are at the end of a renovation project on another house in the commuter belt that will soon be our home. I've read the key post on the topic (Keep Apartment as Rental or Sell?) which was very useful
, and concluded that it was best to sell and contacted the estate agent and so on but had a little wobble today and wonder do I have more to consider since my existing mortgage is a tracker and the amount we need to borrow is relatively low too.
Here are the details
We have a tracker mortgage on our home so it's very affordable. We owe 226k on that mortgage and there are 15 years remaining. We have no other debt. It would sell for somewhere in the region of 530k. We need to borrow 180k to complete renovations on the new house. We will get that fixed at 2.1% from AIB over 15 years.
We have paid for the renovations so far with savings. Two kids. Two good permanent jobs 80k/ per annum each.
Reasons to keep Dublin 8 house
Emotional attachment (don't shoot me!)
Good rental return (even after tax?)
Kids could sell it in the future and have some money towards their own first homes (I know CGT is 33%)
Reason to sell
Prospect of being mortgage free at 40! The dream!
Good train service from new area so university accommodation for kids not really an issue.
Sincere thanks
We're considering selling our three bed home (principal primary residence) in Dublin 8 because we are at the end of a renovation project on another house in the commuter belt that will soon be our home. I've read the key post on the topic (Keep Apartment as Rental or Sell?) which was very useful
, and concluded that it was best to sell and contacted the estate agent and so on but had a little wobble today and wonder do I have more to consider since my existing mortgage is a tracker and the amount we need to borrow is relatively low too.
Here are the details
We have a tracker mortgage on our home so it's very affordable. We owe 226k on that mortgage and there are 15 years remaining. We have no other debt. It would sell for somewhere in the region of 530k. We need to borrow 180k to complete renovations on the new house. We will get that fixed at 2.1% from AIB over 15 years.
We have paid for the renovations so far with savings. Two kids. Two good permanent jobs 80k/ per annum each.
Reasons to keep Dublin 8 house
Emotional attachment (don't shoot me!)
Good rental return (even after tax?)
Kids could sell it in the future and have some money towards their own first homes (I know CGT is 33%)
Reason to sell
Prospect of being mortgage free at 40! The dream!
Good train service from new area so university accommodation for kids not really an issue.
Sincere thanks